Platt Messerchmitt 109 strut lenght

The other day, Marc, one of my r/c warbird buddies stopped it for a visit, a opportunity to spend some time in the shop going over warbird projects and thus we rolled out the Dave Platt Me109 Messerchmitt plans, though I prefer the Bf-109 designation.

The joy of building rc warbirds from plans is that you can let your mind squirrel into unknown places and research a project to what ever your heart desires (isn't the internet great for this) and satisfy your self which changes that suit you.

An item that caught (some days the english spelling for works like caught fry my brain) my eye was the main undercarriage (landing geat) strut length, it looked long.

Then again the real 109 landing gear is very unique, what is the length on the full size 109?